Expedition Explorer - Republic of the Marshall Islands 2023
  • All
  • Fish Surveys
  • Benthic Surveys
  • eDNA
  • Bruvs
  • Pelagics
  • Dropcams
  • Sub
  • Birds
  • Vegetation
  • Traverses
  • Plastics
  • Turtles
Number of workstations in each island
Bikar Bikini Bokak Rongerik Total
Benthic BRUVS 16 18 24 11 69
Benthic survey 11 16 16 13 56
Deep sea cameras 10 4 12 9 35
Environmental DNA 6 10 8 6 30
Fish surveys 15 16 16 13 60
Pelagic BRUVS 7 9 8 6 30
Seabird survey 26 32 27 28 113
Submersible survey 5 2 3 3 13
Turtle nest survey 6 0 0 9 15
Vegetation survey 6 0 6 4 16
Microplastics 0 4 7 6 17
Traverse 0 11 0 4 15
sum 108 122 127 112 469

Nautical miles traveled

1917

Hours underwater

200

Data collected

18 Tb

  • Bikar
  • Bokak
  • Bikini
  • Rongerik
Number of fish surveys by island, habitat, and exposure
Bikar Bikini Bokak Rongerik
Lagoon
Patchreef 4 1 4 3
Backreef NA 4 NA NA
Leeward
Forereef 8 8 6 7
Windward
Forereef 3 3 6 3
Fish survey locations
  • Bikar
  • Bokak
  • Bikini
  • Rongerik
Number of benthos surveys by island, habitat, and exposure
Bikar Bikini Bokak Rongerik
Lagoon
Patchreef 2 1 4 3
Backreef NA 4 NA NA
Leeward
Forereef 6 8 6 7
Windward
Forereef 3 3 6 3
Benthos survey locations
  • Bikar
  • Bokak
  • Bikini
  • Rongerik
Water filtered (liters) for eDNA extraction in each island
Bottom Surface
Bikar 36 36
Bikini 58 42
Bokak 48 48
Rongerik 36 36
  • Bikar
  • Bokak
  • Bikini
  • Rongerik
Number of benthic BRUVS deployed in each island
depth_range n_deployments
Bikar 14-39 16
Bikini 11-44 18
Bokak 6-47 24
Rongerik 10-32 11
  • Bikar
  • Bokak
  • Bikini
  • Rongerik
  • Bikar
  • Bokak
  • Bikini
  • Rongerik
Number of deep sea cameras deployed in each island by depth strata
Bikar Bikini Bokak Rongerik
0 - 200 m 1 NA NA NA
200 - 500 m 2 NA 1 1
500 - 1,000 m 1 2 3 5
1,000 - 2,500 m 6 2 8 3
  • Bikar
  • Bokak
  • Bikini
  • Rongerik
Number of submersible surveys in each island
n_deployments min_depth max_depth
Bikar 5 180 275
Bikini 2 50 250
Bokak 3 130 250
Rongerik 3 250 263
  • Bikar
  • Bokak
  • Bikini
  • Rongerik
Number of bird surveys in each island
Land Sea
Bikar 8 18
Bikini 14 19
Bokak 8 19
Majuro Atoll NA 2
Rongerik 14 14
Transit NA 2
Transit to Utirik NA 2
Utirik 2 1
  • Bikar
  • Bokak
  • Rongerik
Number of vegetation surveys per island
Flora relative abundance Pisonia forest density
Bikar 3 3
Bokak 6 NA
Rongerik 1 3
  • Bikini
  • Rongerik
Number of traverses and distance covered (m2) per island
n_surveys cum_dist_m
Bikini 11 6060.582
Rongerik 4 1117.930
  • Bokak
    Number of turle surveys per island
    sublocation n_surveys
    Bikar Bikar 5
    Bikar Jabwelo 1
    Rongerik Bock 7
    Rongerik N Traverse Is 1
    Rongerik Rongerik 1

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    Country Republic of the Marshall Island
    Year September, 2023
    Vessel R/V Argo
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    This is a test dashboard.